as i noted to our new small business policy advocate, the primer at the department of justice does not have plans to translate the new booklet into spanish or chinese. we found this to be a very effective tool when we are talking with the businesses -- the americans with disabilities act, and these are complex laws. and it helps to have these materials to be able to articulate these laws and have individuals be able to read it and understand it. another thing, there are numerous things with the legislation to ban smoking inside the establishment's. we are contacting the legislative sponsors office to get more specificity to make sure that hiif it is going to impact, this is going to be a big issue. they will be sitting on the commission that will be hearing it very shortly. it will be heard on wednesday. we have sent a letter on behalf of the department because we did not have time to have the commission hear it. but commenting on what the worst of the commission. >> this new ordinance at the meeting, they need to out reached every merchant organization they're doing out reach now. i d

. >> the next item is new business. does any commissioner have any new business to propose? president vietor: i would like to say happy world water day because today is world water day. the puc should be proud of the activities they have undertaken and today is a celebration that we still have clean water at least in the bay area and an opportunity to do all we can and recognize that globally there are issues with access to clean water and what ever we can do from a local level to help our colleagues in need, we should always be mindful of. happy world water day. >> on that report -- on that point, and we have a report of any radioactivity in our water? >> we do not. we have been getting reports from a variety of agencies saying it is not a concern, so we have not done our own testing. >> from independent agencies, we can tell the people of san francisco their water is safe? >> yes. >> i have another minor remark about water -- was at a lunch for san francisco general hospital and they served water. i was horrified. when the likes of barbara walters can come up and say no mo

director ford: new and old business. go ahead. >> any new or old business? none? >> good morning, directors, members of the public. we continue to make progress and i still on schedule on the construction document -- which are still slated to have those 100% completed by the end of this year. bus ramps -- design team is reviewing the structure. the design of the rams. on the bus storage, we had a public meeting with the community to present an update and get feedback and lay out on the sound walls. next month, we will be presenting to the board some images of what we're thinking about for the bus storage component of the program. temporary terminal is running well. operations are all in order. we are finishing the installation of the traffic signals requested by san francisco mta. we are working to finalize the system requirements on that here we continue our design review meetings, specifically looking at the lower levels, and i would like to have nancy give us an update on funding. >> good morning. this is a quick update on the phase one and two funding plans. w

. >> item 11, new business. is there any public comment on new business? item 12, public comment. i have a speaker card. >> commissioner, i have spoken to many times. i want to thank you for listening to me. i have been coming here every four months just to see that things are more or less flowing. one of the reasons i do this is because i have a blog. i take pictures. i write. it is good to know people are not just writing by remote control. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? commissioners? motion to adjourn the meeting? >> second. >> all in favor? meeting adjourned at 4:47 pm. thank you. >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun t

. >> item 11, new business. is there any public comment on new business? item 12, public comment. i have a speaker card. >> commissioner, i have spoken to many times. i want to thank you for listening to me. i have been coming here every four months just to see that things are more or less flowing. one of the reasons i do this is because i have a blog. i take pictures. i write. it is good to know people are not just writing by remote control. thank you very much. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? commissioners? motion to adjourn the meeting? >> second. >> all in favor? meeting adjourned at 4:47 pm. thank you. supervisor mar: the meeting will come to order. welcome, everyone. this is the regular meeting of the land use and economic committee of the san francisco board of supervisors. are there any announcements for us? >> yes, please make sure to turn on cellular phones and pagers. completed speaker cries and talk is of documents to be included as part of the file should be submitted to the clerk -- completed speaker cards and copies of documents to be included as pa

this rule would have required businesses to purchase new equipment or to put together very costly upgrades. from listening to the small businesses, they provide a viable solution which is earmuffs. this same problem that could have a solution that could cause a small business either $10 or millions of dollars. again, advocacy roundtable bringing together osha and small business representatives and ultimately osha decided to withdraw this rule. small businesses, they win because they -- their concern was being addressed. osha also won because now they are working with the small business community to come up with a very flexible solution without compromising the integrity of the intent of the regulation. and this is what we do. as an independent office we don't represent the president. we do not represent the views of congress. we represent small business in this country. in doing so congress gave advocacy back in 1976 our power as a watchdog of the federal regulatory flexibility act. this act requires federal agencies to examine the effects that any proposed rules and regulations may have o

>> the good news is we see an emerging business model for media, and the bad news is it involves giving 30% of your revenue to apple. but i think there is a lot of potential, actually, for building a business on top of distribution through mobile. the other thing we have got going on is really profoundly exciting and far more exciting than five years ago, that the tools are so much better than they were five years ago. they are profoundly better. compared to the dark days of 2005, media are now -- everybody is online. facebook can launch a product, and really, overnight, build community on thousands of websites. there really are some exciting things going on. in the last five years, things have changed a lot. >> does that count -- does that excitement also extend to content? >> i do not think we are there yet. i do not think we have seen any digital native content that has produced really ground-breaking journalism. a couple of years ago, we were pretty excited about what was happening at a place like talking points memo, where they were doing some great stuff. we have seen a lot of eff

new age. we have begun to look at funding from other organizations, and there seems to be an interest in a particular handful of topics, including investigative reporting, business reporting, but there is a greater need for training in journalism to get journalists to understand this new environment we are working in, and also to educate the broader public about the need and public good that journalism serves and why it warrants investment from private investors as well as non-profit organizations. >> to the question about the huge influx of new sites, i think it is partially a question of scale. for example, i do not know -- i know very few hyper local sites that have full staff, but i know tons of individual bloggers who get paid to blog, and that is all they do, but they only focus on small, really targeted niches. this could be the mission district in san francisco. a friend of mine only focuses on concord conservative, right- wing politics. i think you really have to know your audience. you have to know specifically what your niche is. and do not just look at yourself as reporters. look at everything that you have to offer, all of your skills, and see how y

i want to tell you is that two weekends ago in the state council conference, they approved the new business item to endorse our campaign. they asked the california legislate your to pass the joint resolution. i have business cards for every member of the board. >> we have our external affairs member here. thank you. those are our speakers for tonight. item k, any board members have appointments to the committees. item m will be moved up. fon tonight. item is a vote on consent calendar which is moved and seconded under section f. >> roll ca >> seven ayes. item p, consent calendar resolution. there were a few items polled. item k 23? >> yes. i pull thissed item. it's $55,000 adding on to the contract for the language bank which provides interpretation services and seshl ed meetings. were paying them a lot of money. just want to know if we made the move to more providers. >> our new executive director for parent engagement are working on the reorganization to be able to rehire additional staff. with the full realization that we are working for that plan oir new director gets on board i would u

the music lover joked when his album gets done he is out of the news business. >> hardly doubt that.ol. does he have to raise the bar higher? >> he does. >> come on keep up bill. >> he's great. this comes to us from south carolina. the observance of the 150th anniversary of the safl war. where it began at fort sumpter. there were re-enactments and performances of marching bands recanting the start of the nation's bloodiest and most painful war. you said you had been there before right? >> two years ago. i went and the beautiful weather and the downtown areas and they have the fort and you can do the tour. a nice little trip. it is on my list of things to do. >> i'm veronica dela cruz. this is your first stop of the day on your nbc station. >>> well an unmanned capsule launched by the soviet union sold for $1 million yesterday. the business man who bought it says he intended to return the capsule to its home. >>> well if you want to visit graceland now you have another choice besides memphis. a museum is opening in denmark. it is stocked with 6,000 of the star's personal effects. the

officials expect the improving economy will lead to new business use and more people running air conditioners. the california independent system operator chose earth day to show off its new control center in sacramento. electricity is tracked here across the state including new renewable sources that have recently come online. >> we've got clouds out there. the clouds are going to clinger with us through the weekend. that means maybe a sprinkle in the forecast. there is a sprinkle in the forecast for saturday, but it's a slight chance. right now in santa rosa and napa it's mild, low 50s and you've got cloud cover. we'll be seeing clouds basically all weekend. here's a satellite loop the last 24 hours. there's some rain showing up offshore and this cluttered unorganized mass of clouds in the pacific. that's the key. it's not organized, so there's no real anticipation of rain, maybe a few sprinkles, light windshield wipers saturday, but that's it. overnight lows will be in the 40s, cool up in napa at 39 degrees, chance of a sprinkle tonight. we go to san rafael, mostly cloudy there tomorrow. co

officials expect the improving economy will lead to new business use and more people running air conditioners. the california independent system operator chose earth day to show off its new control center in sacramento. electricity is tracked here across the state including new renewable sources that have recently come online. >> we've got clouds out there. the clouds are going to clinger with us through the weekend. that means maybe a sprinkle in the forecast. there is a sprinkle in the forecast for saturday, but it's a slight chance. right now in santa rosa and napa it's mild, low 50s and you've got cloud cover. we'll be seeing clouds basically all weekend. here's a satellite loop the last 24 hours. there's some rain showing up offshore and this cluttered unorganized mass of clouds in the pacific. that's the key. it's not organized, so there's no real anticipation of rain, maybe a few sprinkles, light windshield wipers saturday, but that's it. overnight lows will be in the 40s, cool up in napa at 39 degrees, chance of a sprinkle tonight. we go to san rafael, mostly cloudy there tomorrow. co

>> reporter: downtown oakland is thriving, with new businesses opening up with the new economy. business owners who didn't want to appear on camera, tell me some clubs attract an element that brings violence with it, which makes it tough to stay in business in oakland. in fact, many businesses in oakland have closed because of it. but some say gun violence is a part of living in an urban area. >> i live in a nice part of san francisco right now where somebody got shot down the street. someone was working downtown. it looked like somebody got shot. it is a dangerous nature of the world we live in. >> reporter: now, police say they need your help tonight. if you have any information that could help them track down the killers, contact the oakland police department. >> thank you, cheryl. >>> in the meantime, u.c. berkeley cops are warning students that peeping toms are roaming campus dorms. they're snapping photos. >> a male has gone into the shower. it's a coed dorm. into the shower and either peeped over the stall or used a camera phone to try to take photographs of women showerin

the improving economy will lead to new business users and more people running their air conditioners.hey chose earth day to show off a new control center in sacramento they track the distribution of energy across the state. >>> dignitaries from across the bay area dedicated the new solar power plant today with a ribbon cutting. gavin newsom spoke about the importance of returning the jobs to california. they hope to hire 100 new employees by this time next year. solar panels set up outside provide electricity for the building. >>> gas prices in california are approaching record-high levels. the average stated with price today was $4.21. the record high of $4.60 was set in june of 2008. analysts say it could soar to $6 a gallon by the summer. all it would take is a few hurricanes to damage refineries and cut output. >>> cleaner and greener fuels are typically more expensive but not always. ken wayne got a tour of a company that is helping drivers save on diesel. >> referree: matt rolled into the yard with one question request. >> just fill it up. >> okay. >> i heard about a place selli

. >> any new business. president vietor: next item please. >> the report of the general manager, there is a sub item. >> we told you that during april, we get [unintelligible] it may ultimately impact the puc's needs. >> i will give you a brief update of that in particular. the highlights are also included in your package. we filed everything timely from our commission. in addition to that, the city's capital plan. the financial projection has been issued last week by the comptroller, the mayor, and the budget analyst. one of the things in particular there is the structural shortfall. the news was the projected shortfall of about $306 million is a pretty big number. it is a little bit better than that was a few months ago. they make about $20 million of improvements and a general tax hall of about $15 million. i have looked at the water revenues, and we are not seeing it yet. nevertheless, the city is seeing some good news. next year, there is a shortfall for the general fund. so it will be a long-term prob

our old rules on taxes and fees don't capture the new economy. businesses are hiring, yet state coffers are shrinking. california spends 28% less per person than five years ago. sales taxes miss the boat,

. >> [inaudible] commissioner vietor: no, no new business. hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. thank you.

the new consumer financial protection bureau will open july 21, and one of its duties will be to monitor banks in the interest of the public. erika miller, "nightly business report," new york. >> tom: one year ago today, the deepwater horizon oil rig in the gulf of mexico exploded, killing 11 workers and sending five million barrels of crude gushing into the water. bh has sued the make e of the device that failed to stop the spill. bp wants cameron international to help pay billions incured by that deadly explosion that killed 11 workers and sent 5 million garl barrels of crude gushing into the water. after a six-month ban, deep drilling in the gulf is back on. the government tightened regulations last fall, and since then it has approved six new projects. in part three of "revitalizing the gulf," diane eastabrook takes us to morgan city, louisiana, where workers are training for the lucrative but dangerous jobs those projects will bring. >> got it. >> reporter: these aren't traditional firefighters. >> okay, nice and easy, once you get to the top, step get down on your hands and knees. >> reporter: they're new oil rig recruits getting certified in fire s

we are asking businesses to invest in mid market and to bring new jobs into the city. hopefully, this will help revitalize the corridor over time. more than happy to answer any questions for commissioners. i forgot to add one more important element. any business that pays over a million dollars in payroll tax will have to negotiate a binding community benefits agreement with the city of san francisco to qualify for the tax exemption. we are negotiating a community benefits agreement with twitter. we do not want businesses to come and take a vintage of the tax exemption. we also want them to connect with the neighborhood. twitter could partner with some of the local schools in the area and do internships or tutoring. the could potentially promote local arts shows and other ground floor. the plan is to convert the ground floor of sf mart to be a media showcase. the also the ideas we are throwing out. is there any questions? vice president adams: i want to thank you for co-sponsoring this legislation, and the great work you have done on the board of supervisors. you have a

. >> the charges ran the gamut from starbuck lattees to the furniture he bought for his new business. he left green meadows to open the studio and that is when the new administrator noticed the charges. in march allen sent a letter to the community saying, quote, the crimes i have committed are pathetic and hurtful. i got caught up in a vicious cycle of greed, selfishness and defeat. >> they have learned a lesson. now, more people are in charge of the bank account. lisa amin gulezian, "abc 7 news". >> eric: oakland leaders told a mega regional export summit with the focus of creating new jobs. jean quan is calling city officials and business leaders to take an in-depth look in boosting exports. it's part to meet president obama's goal by doubling exports in the next four years. >> kristen: another case of bay bridge, part of it being lifted in place. they are adding a 15 foot section of the new eastern span. this will bring the towers 30 feet shy of the eventual 520 foot final height. engineers hope to be finished with the entire span by september 2013. it will be very impressive but

. >>> we in the news business go from reporting the news to becoming the news. that happened to one of our colleagues a decade ago. he hopes telling his story could change someone else's life. >> reporter: this is a heartbreaking story with a beginning and middle, but so far no end. san francisco's emergency system is bursting at the seems. i had ton -- had done a series of reports on emergency departments, patients being turned away. doctors and nurses wanted the story out. 10 years ago today, i lived the story firsthand. >> somebody came running in saying one of our reporters was passed out. >> reporter: it was the worst thing i ever felt. i thought my chest would exemployed. i was about to enter that bursting emergency systems and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. >> i walked over and i said are you a secret shopper tonight? what are you doing? >> reporter: the doctor thought i was a reporter going undercover. i was far from it. with some medicine, i started to feel better. >> things looked pretty good. there was something that really bothered m

reports, that trend looks good again, especially if you talk with one new york company mopping up new business. >> reporter: deluxe bathmats might seem like a hard sell in a soft economy. but minds-in-sync, the company that makes them, has hired 20 new workers this year thanks to strong demand for its products. c.e.o. iain scorgie says for many frugal americans his merchandise is an affordable indulgence. >> they still need to have some pleasures in life, and maybe they couldn't do things that were costing hundreds or thousands that they were doing before, but maybe for just a little, small amount of money-- 20, 30 bucks-- they have a bit of luxury in their day. >> reporter: when small businesses ramp up hiring, it's usually a positive sign for the overall economy. that's because small firms are typically the first to hire during an economic recovery. payroll data firm intuit tracks hiring at firms with fewer than 20 employees, and its business employment index has risen 18 straight months. hiring in march was the strongest since december 2008. and there were gains in all nine regions. intuit'

. >> [inaudible] commissioner vietor: no, no new business. hearing none, the meeting is adjourned. thank you. [older man speaking foreign language] richie! richie! [speaking foreign language] yo, tye! what-up? richie! what-up, player? how ya doing, son? all right, man. i'm chillin', of course. you gonna be there, right? click freedomcenter.org to find yours. >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautifu